Luke 14:26
"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
25Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said.
27"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
Cross References
Matthew 10:37"He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:26-35
The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after… Read the whole commentary →